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      Those of you who know what EVO:MAGMA is, you can head over to (url="http://"http://www.meowx.com/magma")www.meowx.com/magma(/url) and get the brand new EV version! Those of you who don't, here you go. MAGMA (Maximum Audio / Graphical Metamorphosis Addition) breaths new life into the game by re-doing Escape Velocity's graphics and sounds - they're now realistic. Want to find out more? (You know you do.) Check out screenshots and go download it from (url="http://"http://www.meowx.com/magma")the site(/url)!
      -david-

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      It's a great idea but not many people have v1.0 anymore i think.

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      Originally posted by Demosthenes:
      **It's a great idea but not many people have v1.0 anymore i think.

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      Huh? MAGMA is for all version of EV.
      -david-

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      Huh? The topic said it was for EV v1.0. Does it work for the newer versions too?

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      I think what -david- meant to state is that it's MAGMA: EV 1.0, meaning that it's the 1.0 verision of MAGMA for EV and not EV itself that's 1.0.

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      Magma for Escape Velocity!? Wow...This is really a surprise.

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      ~Captain Skyblade

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      Originally posted by forge:
      **I think what -david- meant to state is that it's MAGMA: EV 1.0, meaning that it's the 1.0 verision of MAGMA for EV and not EV itself that's 1.0.

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      Ohh...I should have seen that. I didn't read the topic too closely I think. Thanks for clearing that up forge.

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      Seems the current version is 1.01 already. Looks really cool.

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      Man, I've been using Magma for EV non-stop...The Rebel Destroyer and Kestrel graphics are awesome.

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      I recently downloaded EV-MAGMA, and while I was impressed with most of ti, I do have a few complaints:

      • The landing picts. You just recycled them from EVO:MAGMA and many of them still have no relation whatsoever to the planets themselves. With your grahpics, what once were pastoral farmlands are now cities (EV pic- flat green grassland & blue sky; MAGMA- city) Especially Stardock Alpha. When I downloaded EV-MAGMA, I went to Stardock Aplha and thought, "Man, what they did to Stardock Alpha's gonna be cool!" Note: I went there believing you had MAGMA-tized the custom graphic for Stardock Alpha: The station with Confed warships docked at it and Earth in the background. I landed at the station, and what did I see? The same "floating disco-like ball in the weird alien lack-and-white grayish background" pic that you used to (poorly) represent "The Rock" in EVO:MAGMA.
      • The Rebel Cruiser. Ugh. You made the main fuselage too wide and the wings too small. It does not even resemble a Rebel Cruiser much anymore.
      • The fighters' cockpits are too small. Please make them bigger.

      That said, there were a lot of good things in EV: MAGMA:
      • The sounds are excellent.
      • The intro screen is nice and simple, far better than the complex EVO:MAGMA title that had no focal point whatsoever.
      • The Alien Cruiser (I looked at it in ResEdit) totally rocked. 🆒 Great "organic" texturing, Meowx.

      Well, that's all my comments for now.

      God bless,

      UE Patriot

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      Originally posted by UE Patriot:
      **I recently downloaded EV-MAGMA, and while I was impressed with most of ti, I do have a few complaints:

      • The landing picts. You just recycled them from EVO:MAGMA and many of them still have no relation whatsoever to the planets themselves. With your grahpics, what once were pastoral farmlands are now cities (EV pic- flat green grassland & blue sky; MAGMA- city) Especially Stardock Alpha. When I downloaded EV-MAGMA, I went to Stardock Aplha and thought, "Man, what they did to Stardock Alpha's gonna be cool!" Note: I went there believing you had MAGMA-tized the custom graphic for Stardock Alpha: The station with Confed warships docked at it and Earth in the background. I landed at the station, and what did I see? The same "floating disco-like ball in the weird alien lack-and-white grayish background" pic that you used to (poorly) represent "The Rock" in EVO:MAGMA.
      • The Rebel Cruiser. Ugh. You made the main fuselage too wide and the wings too small. It does not even resemble a Rebel Cruiser much anymore.
      • The fighters' cockpits are too small. Please make them bigger.

      That said, there were a lot of good things in EV: MAGMA:
      • The sounds are excellent.
      • The intro screen is nice and simple, far better than the complex EVO:MAGMA title that had no focal point whatsoever.
      • The Alien Cruiser (I looked at it in ResEdit) totally rocked. 🆒 Great "organic" texturing, Meowx.

      Well, that's all my comments for now.

      God bless,

      UE Patriot

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      Patriot, I think the reason why Meowx used the landing pics from EVO: Magma is because it would take consdierable time to create wholly new ones. As for the fighters and the Rebel Crusier, they seem more then alright to me. In fact I think the Rebel Crusier is awesome.

      Good job to all you at Meowx and may you never cease to produce more wonders.

      Whitehawk

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      I Actually like the original Rebel Cruiser far better, but the Rebel Destroyer seen in MAGMA makes up for all that...

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      Hey,I have a plug done by Meowx. It´s called the quantumire trilogy. It´s pretty cool, the graphics make it look 3D.

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      Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel:
      **Hey,I have a plug done by Meowx. It´s called the quantumire trilogy. It´s pretty cool, the graphics make it look 3D.

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      You mean you sent them the story and such for your plugin, and they did the graphics? Fair deal...

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      Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
      **You mean you sent them the story and such for your plugin, and they did the graphics? Fair deal...

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      No, the quantumire trilogy is a plug produced by Meowx. It does have some fairly good graphics, though I've always been partial to top-down over three-quarters. It has a few problems though that keep it a tad outside the top echelon of plugs. If you get MacAddict, it came on one of their CDs, and it's downloadable somewhere on Meowx's site.

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      Now my Argosy looks like a real killer!! (I love my argosy) The new graphics have caused me to riad a few ships. 😉

      Tycho Maudd

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      Thanks for all the comments! First of all; yeah, I know the RC is a bit of a drastic change. Originally, I had the main hull skinnier and more faithful to the original, but it just didn't look as realistic or as sleek... as for the fighter cocpits, I don't know what you're smoking. 😉 And the landings may get re-done... you've got to remember that Meowx didn't actually do those, I got them from somewhere else. And yes, a lot of stuff is taken from EVO : MAGMA. But then, why wouldn't it be? And you can find out about Quantumire at (url="http://"http://www.meowx.com/quantumire")www.meowx.com/quantumire(/url). Currently, all the ships have been re-modeled and I'm preparing for a Quantumire Special Edition for EVO. Perhaps I'll do a Q:MAGMA for EV.... already got all the work done... Thanks again!
      -david-

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      Originally posted by Macavenger:
      **No, the quantumire trilogy is a plug produced by Meowx. It does have some fairly good graphics, though I've always been partial to top-down over three-quarters. It has a few problems though that keep it a tad outside the top echelon of plugs. If you get MacAddict, it came on one of their CDs, and it's downloadable somewhere on Meowx's site.

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      Yes, I got it on the Macaddict CD. That is where I found out about EV. I also prefer top-down, the other way is kind of confusing during a fight.

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      Originally posted by Tycho Maudd:
      **Now my Argosy looks like a real killer!! (I love my argosy) The new graphics have caused me to riad a few ships.;)

      Tycho Maudd

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      My same thoughts as well. The Argosy looks awesome, but the Rebel Destroyer looks really awesome...It thing looks as if it can destroy a Confederation Cruiser with ease.

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      Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
      **... the Rebel Destroyer... It thing looks as if it can destroy a Confederation Cruiser with ease.
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      Which we all know it can. 🙂

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